Mar 7 2011:
There is the Khan Academy, I use it very frequently and find it to be one of the best teaching tools on the internet.
It is basically 10min videos of topics from 1+1 to the anatomy of a neuron. The best thing about it is that is completely free and really easy to use. You can watch videos online, practice (it has a game like feature which allows you to gain points and medals), you can become a coach and tutor others. In the past few months it has evolved to become a really helpful website for educational purposes.

This form of education tries to give a sense of motivation through making education similar to a game. Also, most of the video's are under 10mins, this is within a student's attention span. Long lectures that are hours long are rarely watched online and students tend to tune out after a short period of time.
I encourage you to check out their website, http://www.khanacademy.org/

Mar 7 2011:
I’m worried that education systems aren’t adapting to the new time and technologies fast enough. At the moment the sheer amount of digital education tools is overwhelming and these are growing at an exponential rate. I doubt professional development is keeping up with this nor are universities which are very entrenched. I subrsribe to a ridiculous amount of blogs and I also blog myself which exposes me to a wide range of innovative education ideas and share them myself.

How am I using new media to engage students in learning?
I focus on using free web based media technologies to help me teach papers and support children’s learning. I’ve outlined a few below:
Fakewall – this allows you to create fake facebook pages, great for character analysis
Wordle – create word clouds
Scratch – online gaming software, why not let students create games and use them to tell a story?
Glogster – interactive media collages
Podcasting – there are a lot of websites that let you do this for free, no software required. I usually get students to create radio shows or do newscasts.
Virtual Corkboards – Sites like Wallwisher or Spaaze allow students to share and learn collaboratively.

Mar 18 2011:
Do less. We're inclined to do too much. Establish a simple form, cultivate curiosity, and promote divergent thinking within this structure. I think of this less as a technique and more as how we all truly learn in life.

Check out Christopher Guest's interview with Charlie Rose. His approach to film making is an ideal model for effective learning.